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INSEAD extends global reach with major course additions in Abu Dhabi, Asia and Europe

INSEAD, the leading international business school, has launched several initiatives at the start of the academic year 2012-13 in the MBA programme and the Global EMBA (GEMBA) programme as well as expanding the school’s executive education portfolio.

Additionally, the Master in Finance will be launched in April 2013 on the Asia campus in Singapore.

Details of each initiative follow:

A new MBA module is being introduced on the INSEAD campus in Abu Dhabi to deepen students’ understanding of this dynamic region and to help them cultivate career opportunities in the Middle East. A group of 30 to 40 MBA ‘pioneers’ will make three trips to the region from January to March 2013 as part of their curriculum.

MBA participants at the Asia campus recently took part in a social project as part of their orientation programme at the start of term. In total, 200 MBA students applied their leadership and management skills in building a playground area as a community project to benefit a children’s home under the Children’s Aid Society in Singapore. INSEAD develops such programmes with the aim of giving its students more social awareness and aims to build more sustainability in business. This is a prerequisite for operating in today’s environment and gives a wider perspective to students. This pilot has been such a success that it may now be rolled out to all incoming MBA classes starting in Singapore and Fontainebleau.

The first Global EMBA (GEMBA) class in Asia was welcomed on campus in Singapore in August this year, exceeding the number of admissions by 40% and testifying to the increased demand for executive training in Asia. This expanded offering of the GEMBA programme has been designed to provide senior-level executives the flexibility of minimal time off work, through the use of weekend modules which cover much of the core curriculum. The Global EMBA in Asia completes the portfolio of GEMBA offerings across all three INSEAD campuses, giving executives the choice of studying in Europe, Asia or the Middle East.